Cox vs Xfinity
These two overlap in 18 metro areas and 91 towns and cities, so for a lot of people this is a real choice rather than a hypothetical one. The first question is not which is better. It is which of them can reach you.
Cox vs Xfinity at a glance
| Measure | Cox | Xfinity |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Cable | Cable |
| Residential locations on that technology | 6,447,111 | 37,853,193 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where Cox is available | Where Xfinity is available |
We do not publish speeds or prices here. Both providers change them constantly and by market, and a stale number is worse than no number. Coverage is the part that is federally reported and verifiable.
Where you can get both
Metro areas where both Cox and Xfinity report service, ranked by how well covered the less available of the two is because that is what decides whether you genuinely get a choice.
| Metro area | Cox | Xfinity |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area | 47% | 44% |
| Tucson, AZ Metro Area | 57% | 34% |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | 61% | 32% |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | 28% | 67% |
| Ocala, FL Metro Area | 24% | 21% |
| Roanoke, VA Metro Area | 52% | 17% |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 17% | 78% |
| New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area | 9% | 87% |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | 69% | 3% |
| Richmond, VA Metro Area | 2% | 88% |
| Gainesville, FL Metro Area | 60% | 2% |
| Springfield, MA Metro Area | 0% | 71% |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area | 84% | 0% |
| Houma-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area | 0% | 42% |
| Lynchburg, VA Metro Area | 0% | 60% |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area | 66% | 0% |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | 79% | 0% |
| Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area | 0% | 31% |
Where only one of them reaches
Cox reports service in 18 states and Xfinity in 41, and they share 14 of them. Overlap is the exception, not the rule, so if you are outside the table above this is the part that answers your question.
39 metro areas have Cox and not Xfinity
- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area 91% covered
- Wichita, KS Metro Area 83% covered
- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area 80% covered
- Hailey, ID Micro Area 79% covered
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area 77% covered
- Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area 76% covered
- Warner Robins, GA Metro Area 76% covered
- Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area 75% covered
336 metro areas have Xfinity and not Cox
- Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area 100% covered
- Key West, FL Micro Area 99% covered
- Ocean City, NJ Metro Area 99% covered
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area 98% covered
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area 98% covered
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area 98% covered
- Vineyard Haven, MA Micro Area 98% covered
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area 97% covered
States where only Cox reports service: Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma. States where only Xfinity reports service: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and 15 more.
Showing the eight best covered of each. Ranked by reported coverage within the metro, from the same FCC filing as the table above. Providers self report and overstate, so read these as a ceiling on where a company will sell to you, not a promise about your street.
Which should you pick?
Honestly, in most of the places above only one of them will actually reach your building, and that settles it. Where both do reach you, the useful question is the technology rather than the brand.
Both are mainly cable networks, so the technology argument does not separate them. Compare on price, contract terms and local service reputation instead, none of which the FCC publishes, and none of which we will invent.
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